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Kathy Lynn Elliott Mayo, 58, of Calhoun, passed from this life on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 in Monroe following a brief illness. She was born October 10, 1955, to the union of her parents, Narvelle Elliott and Frances Gilmore Elliott. Kathy was a 1973 graduate of Jena High School and retired as a school bus driver for the Catahoula Parish School System. After retirement, she was a stay-at-home grandma to her grandchildren. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading, social networking and shopping online. Services were held at 10 a.m., Friday, April 25, at Owens Memorial Chapel in Ruston with Rev. Wendell Sellers officiating. Interment followed in the Roselawn Memory Gardens in Calhoun under direction of Owens Memorial Chapel Funeral Home of Ruston. Survivors include her daughter, Kimberly Pool and husband Justin of Calhoun; two grandchildren, Jason Narvelle Pool and Jessi Leighanne Pool; her sister, Judy Norman and husband Abner of Clay, as well as her nieces and nephews.

Marilyn Alice Boothe Nobles, 75, of Harrisonburg, passed from this life on Sunday, April 20, 2014, at St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria. She was born Friday, April 22, 1938 in Wallace Ridge Community in Catahoula Parish to the union of her parents, Marion and Leona Perry Tolbert. Marilyn was a member of Wallace Ridge Pentecostal Church. Services were held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, at Wallace Ridge Pentecostal

Church with the Revs. Todd Tucker, Norris Poole and Danny G. Chance officiating. Interment followed in the Joe Boothe Cemetery of Harrisonburg under direction of Young’s Funeral Home of Jonesville. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Otis Boothe; brother, Riley Tolbert; infant sister, Flonnie Tolbert; four sisters, Mildred Terry, Minnie Lea Brown, Melia Brown, and Lelah Brown; and infant grandson, Jacob Ainsworth.

Tessie Maxine Cloessner, 97, of Jonesville, passed from this life on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Jonesville. She was born Monday, January 15, 1917 in Wallace Ridge to the union of her parents, John Benjamin and

Marjorie Richardson Dosher. Mrs. Cloessner was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in the Sandy Lake Community. She was known in the community for her cooking abilities, especially her chicken and dumplings and coconut cake. She was one of those rare people who loved to work and she enjoyed growing things in her yard and garden. Services were held at 10 a.m., Thursday, April 24, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. Craig James and Emile Bordelon officiating. Interment followed in the Heard Cemetery at Manifest under direction of Young’s Funeral Home of Jonesville. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands,

Martha Marie Lea, 85, of Harrisonburg, passed from this life on Sunday, April 13, 2014, at her residence. She was born December 31, 1928 in Manifest to the union of Walter Ebenezer and Mary Penny Phillips Weeks.

Mrs. Lea was a Certified Nursing Assistant. Services were held at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 17, at Wallace Ridge Pentecostal Church in the Wallace Ridge Community with the Revs. Todd Tucker and David Poole officiating.

Interment followed in the Heard Cemetery near Manifest under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lloyd R. Lea; her parents; a brother, John Weeks; and grandsons, Bobby Reid and Christopher Lea. Survivors include three daughters, Ann Dingler, Linda Mason Pittman and Ludie Hawthorne, all of Harrisonburg; three sons, Ray Lea of Enterprise, David Lea of Harrisonburg,

Mary Aliene Trahan, 79, of Sulphur, passed away peacefully at her home on Easter Sunday morning, April 20, 2014. She was born March 2, 1935 in Harrisonburg, the sixth of 11 children born to Perry and Daisy McMillin.

Mary loved her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren, by whom she was affectionately known as “Gran”. She was an avid LSU fan and loyal supporter. She enjoyed baking, pokeno and ceramics.

She was an active member of Immaculate Conception Church, serving in the Caring Ministries. She loved her church and church family. She graduated from Sulphur High School in 1954 and was employed by United Gas for a number of years. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 23, in Immaculate Conception Church with the very Rev. Aubrey V. Guilbeau officiating. Interment followed at mid-afternoon last ednesday

Reuben William Trussell, 75, of Jena, passed from this life on Friday, April 18, 2014, at LaSalle General Hospital of Jena. He was born November 16, 1938, in Ruston, to the union of his parents, George Reuben and Lurline Shaw Trussell. Reuben was retired from the United States Air Force, and was employed by Walmart for 26 years. Services were held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, April 22, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena with

Rev. Dominick DiCarlo officiating. Interment followed in the Pollock Cemetery at Pollock under direction of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena. Survivors include his wife, Martha Phillips Trussell of Jena; daughter, Trudy Goode of Houma; son, George Lee Trussell of Houma; sisters, Diane Winningham of Shreveport and Sally Wilson of Jena; brothers, Gale Trussell of Alexandria,and Conn Trussell of Houston, TX; and grandson,

Nita Faye Williams, 76, of Jonesville, passed from this life on Sunday, April 27, 2014, at the Hill Top Nursing Home in Pineville. She was born November 24, 1937 in Natchez, Mississippi, to the union of her parents, Bluford and Rosie Breithaupt Bailey. She was a homemaker and loved to sew. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, and a member of Christ Temple Pentecostal Church for eight years. Services will be at 10 a.m.,

Eathel Ann Smith, 95, of Columbia and formerly of Jena, passed from this life on Sunday, April 27, 2014, at the Citizens Medical Center in Columbia Heights following an extended illness. She was born June 2, 1918 in Catahoula Parish to the union of her parents, Owens W. Ford and Bertha Mae Cassels Ford. Mrs. Eathel was a wonderful loving wife and mother, aunt and friend, and will be missed greatly by all who knew and loved her.

Services will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 30, from the chapel of Riser Funeral Home in Columbia with the Revs. Kent Nugent and Robbie Alford officiating. Interment will follow in the Woodland Cemetery, just